Non-League Paper

WINNER TAKES ALL

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 April 2026

Dale and York lock horns for the title
By Matthew Nash

STEP 2 DRAMA: MARINERS AND REBELS BOTH SLIP-UP

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Rochdale’s Mani Dieseruvwe, left, and York’s Ollie Pearce were both on target on a dramatic penultimate day which sets up Saturday’s title showdown
PICTURES: Dan Youngs and Tom Poole

ROCHDALE and York will go head-to-head in arguably the biggest match in Non-League history on Saturday as they compete for the National League title.
Mani Dieseruvwe’s 99th-minute winner set up the showdown as Dale sneaked to a 2-1 win at already-relegated ...

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